GOODMAN BY GOODMAN v. PIZZUTILLO


452 Pa.Super. 436 (1996)

682 A.2d 363

Jennifer GOODMAN, A Minor by her Parent and Natural Guardian, Deanna GOODMAN, Appellant, v. Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., Harold Marks and the Alfred I. DuPont Institute and James Riviello, Appellees. Jennifer GOODMAN, A Minor by her Parent and Natural Guardian, Deanna GOODMAN, Appellee, v. Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., Harold Marks and the Alfred I. DuPont Institute and James Riviello, Appellees, Appeal of Harold MARKS, M.D., Appellant. (Two Cases.) Jennifer GOODMAN, A Minor by her Parent and Natural Guardian, Deanna GOODMAN, Appellee, v. Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., James Riviello, Jr., M.D., Harold Marks, M.D., and the Alfred I. Dupont Institute. Appeal of Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., James Riviello, M.D., Harold Marks, M.D., Appellants. (Two Cases.) Jennifer GOODMAN, A Minor by her Parent and Natural Guardian, Deanna GOODMAN, Appellee, v. Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., James Riviello, Jr., M.D., Harold Marks, M.D., and the Alfred I. DuPont Institute, Appellees. Appeal of Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., Appellant. Jennifer GOODMAN, A Minor by her Parent and Natural Guardian, Deanna GOODMAN, Appellee, v. Peter PIZZUTILLO, M.D., James Riviello, Jr., M.D., Harold Marks, M.D., and the Alfred I. DuPont Institute, Appellees. Appeal of James RIVIELLO, M.D., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. D'Aniello, Norristown, for Jennifer Goodman.

Roseann L. Brenner, Philadelphia, for P. Pizzutillo, M.D., Alfred I. Dupont Institute & James Riviello.

Lawrence R. Berger, III, Philadelphia, for Harold Marks, M.D.

Before BECK, KELLY and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


KELLY, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it granted a motion to dismiss a complaint on the grounds of forum non conveniens, and whether the court erred when it denied: preliminary objections, which were based on lack of in personam jurisdiction; motions for reconsideration of the denial of the preliminary objections; and a motion for summary judgment. Under the facts of this case...

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